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Radiation Safety Concerns Could Drive New Legislation, Quality Standards

M Hogan, 2010 Mar 8, The Gray Sheet

Before it decides on a legislative approach to address medical radiation safety, the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will likely delve into the topic further, Subcommittee...

Online Survey Generates Individualized Survivorship Care Plans

J Skinner, 2009 May 2, OncologySTAT Editorial Team

SAN ANTONIO - The 2005 Institute of Medicine report calling for all cancer patients to be discharged with a survivorship care plan has spurred cancer centers across the country to develop survivorship...

Converting to EMR One Physician at a Time

J Skinner, 2009 Apr 30, OncologySTAT Editorial Team

One key to implementing an electronic medical records (EMR) system is to phase it in slowly "one physician at a time, with a limited number of patients," Jeanene Robison, MSN, RN, AOCN, said at the Oncology...

Standardized Documentation Systems Enhance Patient Hand-offs

J Skinner, 2009 Apr 30, OncologySTAT Editorial Team

Standardized documentation can enhance patient hand-offs and thus improve safety in the oncology clinical research trial and urgent care settings, according to speakers at the Oncology Nursing Society...

Web Tool Guides Prostate Ca Decision-Making

N Osterweil, 2008 Sept 30, Elsevier Global Medical News

Dr. Matthew S. Katz is a radiation oncologist at Saints Medical Center, Lowell, Massachusetts. Clinicians can enter key demographic and clinical data from individual patients with locally confined prostate...

EMR Implementation Is an Ongoing Process

Linda Bosserman MD, 2008 Feb 1, Community Oncology Conference

Dr. Patrick Cobb is hematologist/oncologist, Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies; Dr. Linda Bosserman is President, Wilshire Oncology Group. Even after an EMR system is in place, practices...

Networks Increase Clinical Trial Efficiency

Linda Bosserman MD, 2008 Feb 1, Community Oncology Conference

Mr. Scheible is Senior Medical Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company; Dr. Bosserman is President, Wilshire Oncology Group. Streamlined, centralized SOPs and services allow a clinical trial network with many...

Physician Buy-in Is Key for EMR Success

Linda Bosserman MD, 2008 Feb 1, Community Oncology Conference

Dr. Patrick Cobb is hematologist/oncologist, Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies; Dr. Linda Bosserman is President, Wilshire Oncology Group. It's important for all of the physicians to...

What Does an EMR System Cost?

Linda Bosserman MD, 2008 Feb 1, Community Oncology Conference

Dr. Patrick Cobb is hematologist/oncologist, Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies; Dr. Linda Bosserman is President, Wilshire Oncology Group. Implementing an EMR system will cost twice as...

Helping Your Patients Find Clinical Trials Through Reliable Web Sites

JJ Fried, 2008 Oct 1, Community Oncology

Community Oncology's technology writer explains and reviews the top Web sites for clinical trial searches. These sites are easy to navigate, patient-friendly, and reliable. Download Full Document PDF Copyright...